Lasting machine



1953 c. A. ROBINSON 2,660,740

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LASTING MACHINE Filed 001:. l2, 1950 9 Sheets-Sheet 6 Inventor Charles A.v Robinson Dec. 1, 1953 c. A. ROBINSON LASTING MACHINE 9 Sheets-Sheet '7 Filed Oct. 12, 1950 fiwemar' Charles A Robifzaori C. A. ROBINSON LASTING MACHINE Dec. 1, 1953 9 Sheets-Sheet 8 Filed Oct. 12, 1950 [In/en for Chd Mes A. Robinson 1953 c. A. ROBINSON 2,660,740

LASTING MACHINE Filed Oct. 12, 1950 9 Sheets-Sheet 9 Patented Dec. 1, 1953 "UNITED STATES PATENT OFF ICE LASTING MACHINE Charles A. Robinson, Salem, Masa, 'assignor to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Fleming- .ton, N. 3., a corporation of New Jersey Application October 12, 1950, Serial No. 189,811

49 Claims. 1

This invention relates to lasting machines and has for its principal object the provision of "a novel and improved machine for operating along the opposite sides of a shoe, sufccessivelyg, "in difierent locations as the shoe is supported and moved along, relatively to lasting devices, which is not only capable of handling shoes of various sizes and styles but also of producing an effective and positive lasting action at a high rate of output and with a minimum amount of operator skill and labor. While not necessarily limited to such use, the machine of this invention is intended, primarily, for lasting along the opposite sides of the bottom of a shoe, from breastline to ball portion. Thus, when-presented to the machine, the "shoes will have been breastline lasted and. ball pulled, i. e., the counter, lining and upper wil l hav'e been tacked-to the insole, adjacent to the breastline, and the upper and lining will have been tensioned over the last and secured to the insole, in the vicinity of the ball portion of the shoe.

With the above-mentioned object in view, the machine of this invention has a pair of lasting devices for operating on the opposite sides of a *shoe and a support that is movable to feed a shoe thereon, relatively to the lasting devices. More particularly, the lasting devices each includes an edge gage 'ior engaging the marginal edge of the shoe bottom, a wiper for laying the lasting margin of the upper materials in over, and for pressing it against, the bottom "of the shoe, and a device for inserting fastenings in the overlasted margin of the upper materials, while the shoe supportcomprises a tablemounted for movement upwardly toward and downwardly away from the lasting-devices, to present a shoe in operative position, at the beginning of the lasting operation, and to withdraw it from such operating position, at the conclusion of the lasting operation, and -a carriage slidable on the table, by means of feed mechanism, for moving the shoe relatively "to the lasting devices, during the lasting operation. The feed mechani'sm includes a member associated with the carriage for discontinuingmovements of the support by the feed mechanism and the operation of the lastingd'evices, which, in accordance with a feature of the invention, 'is adjustable relatively to the carriage to accommodate shoes-of different sizes and styles. The carriage has a heel pin and a toe rest, for supporting a shoe on its last; the heel pin being movable "in a direction extending laterally of the shoe -to permit centering of the heel end of the shoe by the operator as well as by a heel-engaging abutment which, accordance with a further fea-.- ture of "the inventiom'is arran e'ldto be operated by movement of the carriage to aiine the breastline of the shoe with the operating device's, before "the machine is started. The tableis urged upwardly, to hold a shoe 'on'the carriage yieldingly in operative'position, by means of a spring, during the feeding movements of the carriage and, in accordance with another "feature of the invention, means are provided "for locking the table against downward movement when the lasting devices are operating. lFor moving the table downwardly, to withdraw the shoe from operative positiomatre'a'dle rod is associated with the 'treadle and this 'trea'dle rod is arranged to operate mechanism for connecting and disconmeeting the feed mechanism from the carriage.

As herein illustrated, and in accordance with other features of the invention, the edge gages, wipers and tacking devices arecarried on a head member which is mounted for pivotal movement about an axis extending transversely across the bottom of 'a shoe on the carriage, and mechanisms, operating in time relation to the feeding movements of the carriage, arevprovided for swinging the head about this axis, to level operating surfaces on the wipers with respect to the bottom of the shoe, during each feeding movement of the carriage, and for locking the head member against movement, when the wipers are being operated. More particularly, this head member carries two rolls against which the bottom of the shoe being lasted is held, yieldingly, during the operation of the machine, the pivotal axisof the head passing through the point of contact of one'of these rolls, and the head member is swung about this axis, and the point of contact of that roll, to bring the other roll into contact with the shoe bottom and thereby level the operating surfaces of the wipers. In addition, the edge gages are 'mounted for movement toward each other and into engage ment with the opposite sides of the shoe by means including an equalizing mechanism and a spring which holds *th'e edge gages against the opposite sides of the shoe, during the feeding movement's-of the carriage and means, operating in time relation to the action of the lasting devices, are provided for locking these fejdge gages against movement so ,asflto hold'the shoe against lateral displacement, A i'latch which holds the edge gages away from the shoe is arranged to be tripped, to :release the edge gases, in .-re-.- sponse to the engagement of the shoe bottom with one of the rolls on the head member, when the table is moved upwardly to present the shoe in operative position, and mechanism is provided for automatically withdrawing the edge gages to latched position, when the table is moved downwardly to withdraw the shoe from operative position, at the conclusion of the lasting operation.

In accordance with further features of the invention, the wipers of the herein illustrated machine are pivoted on the inner ends of wiper slides which are mounted for movement toward the opposite sides of a shoe on the carriage and these slides are arranged to be carried inwardly by the edge gages, as they move into engagement with the opposite sides of the shoe. after, during each operating cycle of the machine, these wiper slides are reciprocated, by means of power-operated members, through strokes of predetermined linear extent, to cause the wipers to lay the lasting margin of the upper materials in over, and to press it against, the bottom of the shoe at the opposite sides of the shoe. More particularly, the wiper slides are actuated by these p-ov-Jer-operated members through clutch mechanisms arranged to be automatically connected to, and disconnected from, the slides in such a manner that the reciprocating movements of these slides are the same, regardless of the positions to which they are moved by the edge gages; As the wipers are thus moved inwardly over the bottom of the shoe, they swing about their pivotal connections on the slides, against the resistance of springs, thereby accommodating themselves to the contour of the shoe bottom while exerting yielding pressure on the upper materials. Prior to their engagement with the upper materials, at the opposite sides of the shoe, the wipers are held in contact with the edge gages, by means of the aforementioned springs, and inasmuch as the edge gages contact the opposite sides of the shoe adjacent to the bottom surface of the insole, a sharp and well-defined feather line is produced. During the operation of the wipers and prior to the locking of the edge gages, additional spring means, interposed between the wiper slides and the edge gages, are compressed, thereby increasing the pressure of the edge gages on the shoe as permitted by lost motion connections provided between the edge gages and their equalizing mechanism. Thus, if the shoe bottom is not accurately centered, the shoe will be shifted to centered position so that the edge gages bear with equal pressure on the opposite sides of the shoe, as the result of the additional force exerted on the shoe by one or the other of the edge gages.

The fastener-inserting devices include a pair of tack nozzles which, in accordance with still other features of the invention, are mounted for movement inwardly over the shoe bottom, at the opposite sides or" the shoe, by means of springpressed plungers carried by the wipers, and for limiting the inward movement of these nozzles, to determine the position of the tacks with respect to the edge of the shoe bottom, these nozzles are provided with stop fingers arranged to engage abutments formed on the edge gages. Because of the extra thickness of the upper, counter and lining in the vicinity of the breastline, and the necessity of leaving a clearance space for a shank stiifener, adjacent to the relatively narrower ball portion of the shoe bottom, it is desirable that the tacks be located progressively closer to the edge of the shoe bottom, as

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d the lasting operation proceeds from breastlin to ball portion. For this purpose, means are also provided for automatically varying the positions of the aforementioned stop fingers in accordance with the locations of the edge gages, when in engagement with the opposite sides of The tack nozzles are provided with driver passages through which tack drivers operate to drive the tacks. These drivers are actuated by means of pistons, slidable in cylinders,

H and a cam-operated valve is arranged to admit air under pressure to these cylinders, at a predetermined point in each operating cycle of the machine. A tack separator adapted to separate two tacks at a time is provided and tack-feeding conduits are arranged to convey the separated tacks from this separator to the driver passages in the nozzles. To facilitate the feeding of the tacks through these conduits, the aforementioned cam-operated valve is also connected to these conduits, adjacent to the separator, so that air under pressure is admitted, simultaneously, to the cylinders and to the tack conveying conduits.

The above and other objects and features of the invention will appear in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment thereof, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. l is a view in side elevation of a machine embodying the features of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the machine shown in Fig. l, at an enlarged scale and with certain parts shown in vertical section;

3 is a view in front elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1 with certain parts in section;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to that of Fig. 3 with certain parts omitted and showing the machine operating on a shoe;

Fig. 5 is a view in front elevation similar to that of Fig. 4 but with certain other parts omitted;

Fig. 6 is a view in front elevation of a portion of the machine;

Fig. '7 is a View in front elevation of one of the operating elements of the machine;

Fig. 8 is a plan view of a part of the operating mechanism of the machine;

Fig. 9 is a plan view of another part of the operating mechanism of the machine;

Fig. 10 is a view in side elevation of a portion of the machine;

Fig. 11 is a viewin side elevation of a portion of the shoe-feeding mechanism.

Fig. 12 is a view in front elevation, and at an enlarged scale, of a portion of the machine as viewed in Fig. 3 and showing certain clutch and control mechanisms;

Fig. 13 is a view in side elevation and at an enlarged scale of parts of the control mechanism shown in Fig. 12;

Fig. 14 is a View in side elevation of a portion of the tack-feeding and separating mechanism;

Fig. 15 is a view in section, substantially on line XVXV of Fig. 14 and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 16 is a view in section, substantially on line XVI-XVI of Fig. 15 and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 17 is a view in vertical section of one of the tack driving devices;

Fig. 18 is a view in front elevation of a portion of the shoe-feeding mechanism, with certain parts in section;

Fig. 19 .-is a plan View of a portion of the machine showing the main drive shaft :and opera ing cams carried thereby;

Fig. 20 is a View in side elevation of a part of the machine; and

Fig. .21 is a cam chart.

Referring to these drawings, and particularly Figs. 1, 3 and 4 thereof, the herein illustrated machine is adapted to operate progressively along the opposite sides of a shoe S, :herein shown as comprising an upper U, assembled on .a last L with an insole if, as the shoe is supported in operative position and :fed along, step by step, and relatively to the operating elements of -the machine. Thus, the machine is provided with a shoe support, including a cradle '30, mounted on a carriage 32 which is slidable on a table 3 1, to eiiect a feeding movement of the shoe, Fig. 1, and operating elements comprising a pair of edge gages 36,136,a pair of wipers 38, 3-8, and a pair of tacking devices 40, -40, Figs. 3 and 4. These operating elements are supported on -a head member 42 which is mounted for pivotal movement, about an axis extending transversely across the bottom of the shoe being lasted, for a purpose that will appear below, and carried by this head member are spaced rollers 44 and 4'0 against which the bottom of the shoe is yieldingly'held during the operation of the machine, Fig. 6. The shoe support and head member are associated with a frame construction, indicated by the reference character 48, and the several operating elements, mentioned above, as well as mechanism for effecting the feeding movement of the shoe, are operated by mechanism including a main drive shaft .50 which is journaledin this frame construction, Figs. 3 and '19. As will appear below, power is supplied to this shaft by means including a pulley 52 and a belt '54, 'Fig. 1, which is connected to a power source, not "shown. The frame construction 48 is supported on the upper end-of a column 55 of suitable height, Fig. 3.

Shoe "support and {feeding mechanism Secured tothe cradle 30 by means of a screw 62 is a toe rest 60 having a rubber shoe-engaging pad '04, "Figs. 1 and 2. Also mounted on the cradle is -a heel pin 66 which is threaded into, and projects upwardly from, a block 63, formed integrally with a cross shaft 10, Fig. 3. This shaft is s'lidably received in two upstanding ears 12, 1-2 on a block ii that is secured to the cradle 30 by means-of screws 16, 16, Fig. 2. The cradle 30 is pivotally mounted on the carriage 32, for rocking movement, about an axis extending generally lengthwise of a shoe supported thereon, by means of brackets 16 and 18, secured to the carriage. Mounted on the lower side of the eradle 30 is a thrust roller 3i which rides along a thrust abutment 33 carried by the carriage 32, Fig. 2,"du1 ing rocking movement of the cradle.

'The table Bt'c'omprises two side portions 89, 82, joined by a connecting web 86, Fig. 3, and two rearwardly extending arms 06, 88 which are journaled on the main drive shaft 50, Fig. 19. The carriage =32 is received in guideways 30, 92 formed 'in the upper surfaces of the side portions-o'f the table, and is held in place in these guideways by means of-cover plates -94, 96, "Fig. 3. *Connected to the lower side of the carriage 32, by :means'of screws 98, I00 which'are slidable alongslots F02, 104 in the-carriage, is a rack bar I06 which is provided with two series of rack teeth I08 and iii-Io :and carriesa handle 412, Fig. 2. Extending downwardly and rearwardly from the side portions 80, 82 0f the table .38 :are two ears H4, I I6 which are joined by .a cross :sh'afit IIB. .Pivotally mounted on :a bracket .1720, .associated with the :frame construction 48., is a lever 5222 one end of which extends beneath the cross shaft I I8, Figs. 2 and 3. Connected to the other end of this lever is a coil spring 424 which tends to rotate the lever I22 in a clockwise direction and thus elevate the table 84, carriage 32 and cradle 30. Such upward movement of the table is, however, at times prevented ,by :a hook I25 which engages a pin I30 that projects from a block I32, secured to the carriage 32.

When this hook is disengaged from the pin, :by

rst depressing the table 34 and then moving the carriage 32 to the right, Fig. 2, the table 34, carriage 32 and cradle 30 will be yieldingly elevated by the spring I24 to bring the bottom of a shoe, supported on the cradle 30, into engagement with the rollers M and 46 on the head member 42. For thus depressing the table 34, a treadle rod I3 2 is connected at its lower end to a foot treadle, not shown, and at its upper end has a head portion I36 in which there is a slot I38, Figs. 2 and 11. The head portion of the treadle rod is positioned between two collars M0, M2 on the cross shaft II8 which passes through the slot I38 in the head I36. Near its upper end, the treadle rod has a portion I44 of square cross section and resting on the upper end of this square portion .of the treadle rod is a washer Idfi, Figs. 3 and '11. A spring associated with the treadle, not shown, tends 'to elevate the treadle rod ISQ so that the lower end of the slot IE0 is held in engagement with the cross shaft lit, when the table 34 is retained in its lowered position by the hook I26, see Fig. 2. However, by moving the treadle rod I 3'4 downwardly, thus taking up the lost motion afforded by the slot I33, the table 34 may :be depressed. Then, after the carriage 32 has been moved a short distance to the right, Fig. 2, the trea'dle rod may be permitted to rise so that the table 34, carriage 3'2 and cradle 30 will be elevated by the spring 124 and a shoe on the cradle moved up against the rollers M, Ma on the head member 42.

The rack bar I06, which is movable relatively to the carriage 32 by reason of the screws 98, I00 and slots m2, m4, is normally fixed with respect to the carriage. The rack teeth I10 are in mesh with a pinion I50, Figs. 1 and 2, which is formed integrally with one end of a shaft I52, Fig. 18. This shaft is journaled in a bore I 54 in a bracket I56 that is secured to the lower side of the slide 32. Connected to the opposite end of this shaft, by means of a clamp nut ii 58, is a hand knob 160 which has a recessed hub I02 and a radial flange I6 3. Pinned to this shaft, adjacent to the hand knob I60 and within its recessed hub, is the hub I66 of a disk I93 on one side of which there-are serrations I16. interposed between the flange I65 of the hand knob I50 and the opposite side of the disk I05 is the radial flange I12 of a drum I14. A coil spring I16, received within the recessed hub of the hand knob, urges the flange I12 of the drum I'M into frictional engagement with the latter side of the disk 108. The bracket IE6 is provided, at one end, with an enlarged portion I18, on which there are serrations I80, and a coil spring I82, interposed between the opposite end of this bracket and the pinion I50, tends to hold the serrations I10 and I in engagement, thereby locking the rack bar 1115 against movement relatively to the carriage .32. However, when the hand knob is moved to the left, Fig, 18, against the resistance'of spring 132,

the serrations I will be withdrawn from engagement with the serrations I80 and relative movement, between the rack bar I06 and the slide 32, may be effected by rotation of the hand knob I60, for a purpose that will presently appear.

The rack teeth I08 of the rack bar 506 are in mesh with a gear 190 which is fast on a shaft I92, journaled in the side portions 80, 82 of the table 34, Figs. 1, 2 and 3. On one end of this shaft, which extends beyond the side portion 02 of the table, there is secured a ratchet wheel 194, Figs. 3 and 11, and rotatably mounted on this end of the shaft are two arms I96, I98, one on each side of the ratchet wheel. Pivotally mounted on these arms is a pawl 200, to which there is connected a link 22, Fig. 11, and which is urged yieldingly into engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel by means of a coil spring 204. A locking pawl 206, mounted on the side portion 82 of the table 34, is urged into engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel by a spring 253. The link 20.2 is connected to an eccentric strap 2i0 which surrounds an eccentric 2E2 fast on the main drive shaft 50, Fig. 19.

Also journaled on the shaft I92 and located between the side portion 82 and the arm 6%, Fig. 3, is a release lever 2I4 which carries two pins 2i6, :2I8 that are in alinement, respectively, with the pawls 200, 206, Fig. 11. Secured to the treadle rod I34 is a laterally extending arm 2353 which is connected to the release lever M4 by means of a link 232, Figs. 3 and 11. The amount of lost motion of the treadle rod I34, permitted by the slot I38, is sufficient to cause the latch release lever 2 I4 to be rotated and the pawls 24% and 206 disengaged from the ratchet wheel 554, when the upper end of the slot is brought into engagement with the cross shaft IE8. Hence, when the treadle rod 534 is moved downwardly, to depress the table 34, the carriage 32 may be moved relatively to the table 34, by means of the handle I I2, to release the table for upward movement by the spring I24. Now, when the operator gradually allows the treadle rod to rise, as the table is moved upwardly by the spring i2 3, while causing the upper end of the slot 30 to remain in engagement with the cross shaft H8, the carriage may be moved along, relatively to the table, to position the shoe in a lengthwise direction relatively to the operated elements carried by the head 42. Then, as the treadle rod l34 is fully released, to allow the spring 24 to complete the elevation of the table and bring the bottom of a shoe supported on the cradle 32 into engagement with the rollers 44 and 45, the

treadle rod will be moved upwardly by its spring, so that the lower end of the slot rests against the shaft H8, and the pawls 200 and 2135 thus returned to operative engagement with the ratchet wheel I 94.

The feeding increments are imparted to the slide 32 by the actions of the eccentric 2I2, linkv ratchet wheel I94 will be rotated one tooth by 7 pawl 26!) and, when the link is moved to the right, the ratchet wheel will be held against rotation reversely by the locking pawl 206. These angular movements of the ratchet wheel are transmitted to the gear I and thence to the rack bar I06 which, as explained above, is normally connected to the carriage 32 so that the carriage is moved along, step by step, relatively to the table 34. At the conclusion of the operation of the machine, the main drive shaft is disconnected from the pulley 52 and brought to a stop automatically.

Referring to Fig. 12, there is pinned to the drive shaft 50, adjacent to the pulley 52, a cam 240, see also Fig. 3. Slidable within this cam is a plunger 242 which carries a pin 244. Interposed between this pin and the bottom of a hole 246, in the cam, is a compression spring 248 which tends to urge the plunger to the left and into alinement with one or the other of three heads 250, located apart within a circular recess 252 in the side of the pulley, and carried by three rivets 253. Mounted on the right-hand end of the plunger 242 is a cam block 254 having an inclined cam surface 256 and a stop surface 258 and secured to this end of the plunger is a disk 260 which is slidable on the end of the drive shaft 50. Journaled in the frame construction 48 is a shaft 262 which extends beyond the righthand side of the frame, Figs. 1 and 3, and clamped to this shaft are a pair of arms 264, 266, the former of which is locked on the right-hand end of the shaft, Fig. 3, while the latter is positioned adjacent to, but spaced from, the side of the frame. Also connected to this shaft, within the frame construction, is a third arm 2 68 which carries a pin 270, Fig. 2. Ftotatably mounted on this shaft, between the arm 264 and a fixed collar 212, is a fourth arm 274, Fig. 3, the end of which rests on the periphery of the cam 240, Fig. 1. The arm 264 carries at its outer end a cylindrically shaped finger 216 which is adapted to cooperate with the cam block 254 as shown in Fig. 12. A grasshopper spring 218, which surrounds the shaft 262 and engages the arms 264 and 214, urges the arm 254 upwardly to the position shown in Fig. 1. The arm 266 has a notch 280 in its outer end in which there is located a pin 282, carried by the frame 48, Figs. 13 and 19, and connected to this arm and the frame is a coil spring 284 which tends to rotate the shaft 262 in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Figs. 1 and 13, and to the extent permitted by the engagement of the pin 282 with the lower side of the notch 280.

Journaled in the frame construction and projecting beyond the opposite sides thereof is a shaft 286, Fig. 19, and secured to this shaft, within the frame construction, is an upstanding arm 280, Fig. 2. This arm is formed with a hook portion 290 and a cam surface 300. Secured to the upper end of a second treadle rod 302 is a head 304 that is provided with a vertically disposed slot 326 having a laterally extending portion 308, Fig. 13. Threading into the arm 256 and passing through the slot 3&6 is a screw 3I0. The treadle rod 302 is connected to a starting treadle, not shown, by an extension 1M2 which is adjustably secured to the treadle rod by means of a block 314 and clamp screw 356. A coil spring SIB, stretched between the screw BIG and a pin 320, mounted in the frame 43, tends to elevate the treadle rod. The head 304 is connected, by means of a link 322, to an arm 324 which i secured to the shaft 286, on one side of the frame 48, by means of a clamping screw 326. Also clamped to the shaft 280, on the opposite side of the frame is a third arm 328 to which there is connected a rod 330, Fig. 2. This rod extends forwardly to the front of the frame 48, through a guide plate rotate the shaft 286 and the armsv 324 and 288,

carried thereby in a counterclockwise direction.

The main drive shaft 50 is connected to the pulkey 52 to start the machine, as a result of the downward movement of the treadle rod 302 by the starting treadle, not shown. Such downward movement of the treadle rod, when the screw 310 is located within the offset portion 300 of the slot 306,. will effect rotation of the shaft 262 in a clockwise direction to the extent permitted by the engagement of theupper side of the notch 286 in the endof the arm 266. with the pin 282, as shown in Fig. 13. This angular movement of the shaft. 262 is sufficient to withdraw the finger 216, onthe end of the arm 264 fromv engagement with the cam blockv 254, thereby allowing the plunger 2.42. to be moved into alinement with one of the rivet heads 2.50 to connect the main drive shaft 50. to the pulley 5.2, and also to cause the hook portion 290 on the arm 288 to latch over the pin 210 on the arm 2G8 and hold the shaft 262 in the position to which it was moved by the starting treadle. The main drive shaft will now be rotated from the pulley 52 and, as this shaft rotates, the carriage 32 and cradle 30 will be fed along, step. by step, by the action of the eccentrio 2I2, pawls 200, 206, ratchet wheel I94, gear 19.0 and the rack bar l06 which, as explained above, is. connected to the slide by the serrations 110,. I80, Fig. 18.

At. its right-hand end, this rack. bar is provided with a cylindrical extension 343,, Fig. 2,. which, as the slide is moved to the right, eventually engages the arm 288 and swings it in a clockwise direction. As a result of this angular movement of; the arm 288 the hook portion 29!!- thereof is disengaged from the pin- 210 on the arm 268. If the starting treadle, associated with. the rod 30-2, had been released immediately after the machine was started, the spring 284 will now rotate the shaft. 262 in a counterclockwise direction and to the. extent permitted by the engagement of pin 282 with the lower side of the notch 28! Fig. 13, and swing the arm 255 upwardly, Fig. 1, thereby reinserting the finger 216- betweenthe side of the cam. 2 and the disk 260. This finger will now engage the cam block 254. and, through the action of the cam surface 256 thereon, withdraw the plunger 2 32 fromv engagement with the head 250-, finally bringing the main drive shaft to. av stop by engagement with the stop surface 258. Just as this occurs, the end of the arm 214 drops behinda pin 342, carried by the cam 240., so that the main drive shaft is brought to rest in a predetermined angular position, Fig. 1. Before the main drive shaft is thus brought to a stop, however, the continued movement of the arm 288 by the extension 3% on the rack bar "3.6. will have rotated theshaft 286 far enough, in a clockwise direction, Fig. 13, to cause the arm, 324 and link 322 to shift the head 30 3 of the treadle rod 302 to the right and to a position where the screw 31E] on the. arm 256 is in alinement with the vertical slot 306-, thereby rendering the treadle rod 302 ineffective. to trip the clutch. Hence, even though the starting treadle is inadvertently held down, after the. machine is started, the main drive shaft 551 will. be disconnected from the pulley 32 and brought torest, in the manner explained above, as. a result of the engagement of the extension 346 onv the rack bar with thearm 288.

After the lasting operation has been concluded and the: main drivenshaft brought to a stop, t

as table. 34. is depressed by the treadle rod I34 and the. carriage 32 is returned to the position shown in. Figs. 1. and. 2 by means of the handle H2 so that the. hook I25 is engaged with the pin 130. As the carriagev is. thus moved to the left, thereby withdrawing the extension etc on the rack bar 06 from engagement with the arm 288, the spring 336 rotates the shaft are in a counterclockwise. direction, Fig. 13, until the cam surface arm 2% is located. within the offset portion 308 of the slot 3.5.3 in the head 30 thereby rendering the treadle rod again effective to trip the clutch. Thev arm 268. is provided with an car 344 which extends toward the front of the machine and beneath a pin 3%,. carried by a boss 3d] formed on the rearwardl y extending portion of the table 34. Although there is a slight clearance between this ear and the pin, when the table 34 is in the positions. shown in. Figs. 1 and 2, sufificient to permit depression of the table to release the hook I25 fromv the [30, the shaft 232 cannot be rotated far enough, in a clockwise direction, to permit the clutch to. be tripped. This arrangement prevents damage to the. parts which might occur if the machine was inadvertently started while the carriage 3.2 is held against movement, relatively to the. table 34., by the engagement of the hook i26 with the pin [3%. However, when the table 34: is

elevated to present a shoe on the cradle in operative position with respect to the operating elements, of the machine, the pin 3% isheld well above the ear 3M so. that the arm 268 may be moved to the, position shown in Fig. 13 to effect the tripping of the. clutch.

At certain times it may be desirable tooperate the machine intermittently with the maindrive shaft rotatedthrough a single revolution, or several' revolutions, and then brought toa stop each time the starting treadle, associated with the treadle rod 302, is depressed and released and it is for this purpose. that. the arm 328 and rod 330, Figs. 2 and 13, are. provided. The rod. 330 slides freely through. a hole. 340 in the guide plate 332- and, adjacent to where it passes through this plate, the rod is formed with a notch 350- having. a vertical end 352 and. an inclined portion 354, Fig. 20. When the machine is operating normally, this, red restsv on the lower side of the hole 3 18 and. slides freely in this hole, thereby permitting. the hook portion 290 or the arm 288 to latch over the pin. 21.!) on the arm 268 when the clutch is tripped, by the depression of the starting treadle, so that the main drive shaft continues. to rotate until the extension 340 moves the arm 288; rearwardly, to. the right in- Fig. 13, and disengages the hook portion from the pin. How-- ever, if the. rod 33B is. shifted in a lengthwise direction and lifted up, by means of the hand knob 334., until the vertical end 352 of the notch 350 is. in engagement with the side of the plate 332,, the arm 288. will be moved to a. position Where the hook. portion 290 thereof is beyond the. path of movement of the pin 210 on the arm 268. Such movement of this aim is not, however, enough to shift. the head 3% of the treadle rod 332, to, a position. where the screw 3l0 is. in thevertical slot-Silt. Therefore, while the rod 330 is held in this position, if the startingv treadle: is depressed the. main. drive. shaft will be connected to the pulley 52 during one or more revolutions thereof and then brought to a stop when the treadle is released. Should the treadle be held down long enough for the extension 349 to be brought into engagement with the arm 288, rearward movement of this arm, to disengage the clutch, will be permitted as the rod 330 is moved downwardly, to a position where it slides freely to the plate by the camming action of the inclined surface 352. Accordingly, when the rod 332 is positioned in the location mentioned above, the starting treadle may be operated to cause the main drive shaft to rotate through any desired number of single revolutions.

The machine is adapted to operate, progressively, along the selected portions of the opposite sides of the bottom of a shoe as, for example, from the breastline to the ball line. It is also arranged to accommodate shoes of different sizes and styles. In order to adjust the machine for operating on a particular style of last, a shoe of any selected size on the particular style of last is placed on the cradle 30 with the heel pin 66 inserted in the last hole and the forepart of the shoe resting on the toe rest 693. The treadle rod I34 is now depressed, to lower the table as, and the carriage 32 moved to the right far enough to disengage the latch I26 from the pin I32. Next, the treadle rod I34 is permitted to rise, as the table 34 is moved upwardly by the spring I24 and lever I22, while the upper end of the slot I38 is held against the cross shaft II8 so that the pawls 280, 205 are shifted out of engagement'with the ratchet wheel I94. Restraining the upward movement of the table in such a way that the bottom of the shoe is maintained some distance below the rollers 44, 46, the operator moves the carriage 32 to the right until a stop abutment 369, secured to the rack bar I06, Fig. 1, comes into engagement with the cross web 84 which extends between the side portions 89, 82 of the table. Now, while holding this abutment firmly against the cross web, by means of the handle I I2, thereby restraining movement of the rack bar, the operator shifts the hand knob I BIi, Fig. 18, to the left to disengage the serrations I12, I83 and, by rotating this hand knob he moves the carriage, relatively to the rack bar, until the ball portion of the shoe is in alinement with the operating elements of the machine. The hand knob is now released, allowing the spring I82 to reengage the serrations I19, I32, thereby locking the rack bar to the carriage.

The stop abutment 350 is so positioned on the rack bar that, when it is in engagement with the cross web 84, the extension 340 on the rack bar moves the arm 283 in a clockwise direction, Fig. 13, to a position where the hook portion 290 is disengaged from the pin 21!! on the arm 268 and the head 304 on the treadle rod 302 is shifted to the right so as to bring the screw 3I0 on the arm 265 in alinement with the vertical slot 386 in the head 30-4 of the treadle rod 382. As has already been explained, when the arm 288 is in this position, the main drive shaft 50 is discon nected from the pulley 52 and brought to rest and the clutch plunger 242 cannot be released by depressing the treadle rod 322. Next, the operator moves the carriage 32 to the left, Figs. 1 and 2, until the breast line of the bottom of the shoe is in alinement with the operating elements of the machine and fully releases the treadle rod I45, thus allowing the table 34 to be elevated, by the spring I24, until the bottom of the shoe is held yieldingly against the rollers 44 2B.

Now, when the treadle rod 302 is depressed and the machine started, the carriage 32 will be moved along, step by step, until the ball portion of the shoe is reached whereupon the extension 342 will again move the arm 288 in a clockwise direction and bring the machine to a stop. The table 3 1, carriage 32 and cradle 39 are now returned to the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2 before the shoe which has just been operated on is removed and another shoe loaded onto the cradle.

The drum I'I is provided with a circumferential series of indicia lines 555i, corresponding to a range of sizes, for example three to nine, one of which, for size six, appears in Fig. 18. Assuming that the shoe selected was size six, the drum II t is now rotated until the size six indicia line is brought into register with an index mark 332 on the periphery of the flange I84 of the hand knob I62. These indicia lines and rack teeth H8 are so spaced and the pinion I50 is of such a size that, when the hand knob is moved to the left, to disengage the serrations I19, I80, and rotated to bring another selected size indicia on the drum I74 in register with the index mark 352 on the flange 56A of this hub, the rack bar I05 will be shifted, relatively to the carriage 32, to a position where the machine will be brought to a stop when the ball line of that particular size shoe is reached. Accordingly, when a shoe of a different size, but on the same style of last, is placed on the cradle 30 the operator merely has to notice its size and appropriately reposition the rack bar IB S, relatively to the carriage 32, by means of the hand knob I50 and the indicia marks on the drum I'M, before starting the machine. It will be understood, when changing over from one style of last to another, that the rack bar I635 must be readjusted, with the ball line of a shoe of a selected size on that particular last in alinement with the operating elements of the machine, and drum II repositioned to bring the indicia line 36L of the selected size, into register with the index mark 362, in the manner described above.

After a shoe has been placed on the cradle 20, it is shifted laterally, while the table 3 is allowed to rise under the control of the treadle rod I3, by sliding its forepart over the toe rest 60 and moving the heel pin 66 relatively to the block 30, as permitted by the sliding of the shaft it in the ears I2, I2, Fig. 3, until the heel end of the shoe is approximately centered with respect to the roller 46 and the longitudinal median line of the shoe bottom, from heel-breast line to ball line substantially parallel with the direction of movement of the carriage 32. Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, a pair of upstanding arms 37%, 310 are secured to a shaft 322, Fig. 2, which is journaled on the inner end of the slide 32. At their upper ends, these two arms are joined by a cross member 312' on which there is mounted a V-shaped abutment 3%, adapted to embrace the heel end of a shoe, Fig. 3. Secured to this shaft 312 is a forwardly extending arm 378, Fig. 1, and a rearwardly extending arm 386), Fig. 2. Stretched between the arm 38% and the upper part of the bracket I8 on the carriage 32 is a tension spring 382 which tends to rotate the arms 370, 310 and abutment 316 in a counterclockwise direction, Figs. 1 and 2. Such movement of these arms, however, is prevented and the abutment 313 held away from the heel end of a shoe on the cradle, when the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 1. and 2-, by the engagement of. the end of the arm 378- with. a plate 384; which is secured to the. table 3 3, Fig. IL. As the, carriage 32 ismoved rearwardly to bring the breastline of the shoe into alinement with the operating elements, before. the-machine has been started, the arm 31-8 rides down an. inclined surface 383-: on the plate 384, Fig. 1, thus allowing the. spring 382 to move the V-shapedabutment 3.75 yieldingly into engagement with. the. heel end of the shoe. As the V-shaped. abutment engages the shoe, it will accurately center the heel end ofthe shoe and will hold. it in thisposition, during the operation of the machine. The. pressure of this abutment against the heel end of the-shoe. also; rocks the. shoe in a counterclockwise direction, Fig. I, in sucha Wayas to-urge the forepartv of the shoe firmly against. the toe rest 60. With the heel end of. the shoe thus located, the operator" may, necessary, re-aline the longitudinal median line of the. bottom of the shoe into. parallelism with the direction of movement of the slide by shifting the toe end of the shoe. relatively to the toe rest, before starting: the machine; Now, While the shoe is held in this position, the treadle rod I34- is fully released. topermit the. table 34 torisev and bring the bottom of the shoe" against the rollers 44, 46 and the machine is started, by means ofthe starting treadle. At the conclusion of the operation of the machine, when the carriage 3:2 and table 34 are returned to the positions shown in Figs. 1- and 2, the abutment 3%- is withdrawn from the heelend of the shoe, as the end of the arm 31-8 rides up the inclined surface 383 on the plate 38 1, thereby releasingv the shoe. for removal. from the cradle.

As the. shoe is fed along, step by step, during the operation of the machine, the table 3% will be moved up and down as the spring I'M holds the bottom of the shoe yieldingly against the rollers 4.4., 46. However, during the operation of the wipers 38- and tacking devices til, the table 34' is locked against downward movement so that theshoe is held firmly in operating position. For thuslocking the table, the square upper portion I44. of the treadle rod I34, Fig. 3, passes through a square-sided slot 388 formed in a block 32 5.] which is secured to the frame construction. 38., Figs. 1,. 3 and: 11. Pivotally mounted in this slot, by means of a pin. 392 which passes through holes: in the. block 390,. is a. locking lever 39% having a. friction surface 396. A, coil spring 398- tends to swing this lever in a counterclockwise direction, Fig. 3, so. as to bring the friction. surface: thereon. into gripping. engagementwith the square portion. I44 of the. treadle rod Mounted on a stud 40!), supported by the frame. construction 48', Fig. 2,. is a bell-crank lever 402 one arm of which carries a cam roll 404. In the other end of this bell-crank lever there is a screw 306 which bears against the end of the lever 35%., Figs. 2 and 3.v The cam roll 404 is in contactv with the periphery of a cam 401 which is secured on the main. drive shaft 51 Fig. 19. This cam is so shaped, Fig; 21,. that the treadle rod I34 is locked, by the lever 3941, thereby preventing downward movement of the table. 34, while the Wipers and tacking devices are being operated and unlocked during there.- mainder of each revolution of the main drive shaft, or operating cycle of the machine. The. main drive shaft is brought to rest with the cam; 40? in a position to unlock the treadle; rod, thus releasing the table for upward movement by the spring IMv when. the latch I26: is disengaged from the hook, I30. In order to preventthe inadvert- 14 out withdrawal of the carriage 3.2: from the table 34, when the latch I26 is disengaged and as the carriage is being moved, relatively to the table, a stop. pin 40.8, fitted in the carriage, Fig. 1,v is arranged to engage an abutment plate 4-H) which is secured to the table, Fig. 3.

The operating elements As pointed out above, the operating. elements of the machine, i. e., edge gages 35, 35, wipers 33, 38 and tacking devices 49,. 3 3, are supported on a head.- member 42. Referring. to Figs. 3, 4 and 5:, this head member comprises a vertically extending plate M8 which is. secured at its lower. ends, by means of screws 42 I, Fig. 2, to a pair of bush? ings- 42d, 428. that are iournaled in bearing bores 42 2., formed in the upper part of the frame con struction 48', Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5. This plate is cutaway, as indicated by the reference character 424 in Fig. 6 to provide a. clearance space and the roller 44 extends across and in front of the upper portion of this clearance space, this roller being journaled, at its: oppositeends in brackets 426, 42% which are secured to the plate. The roller 44 is reduced in diameter at its mid-portion and is provided with oppositely inclined conical portions e22, @28 adjacent. thereto. Fastened to the front of the plate M8, by means of screws 43B, 43B is a bracket 332 which has a bifurcated lower end which extends downwardly, and at an angle away from the plate, Fig. 10. The roller 46- is carried by a shaft 434 which is received in slots 436 formed in the lower bifurcated. endof the bracket. Secured to the bushing. 428, which appears on the left-hand side of Fig. 3, is a plate 438 and stretched between this plate and a. pin 4 3i! in the lower part of the frame 48 is a tension spring 442. This spring is of smiicient strengthto counterbalance a substantial part of the weight of the head 42, and other elements carried thereby, when this head is inclined, in either direc tion, from a Verticalposition.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4', the bushing 420 which appears on the right-hand side of Fig. 3 has a portion of enlarged diameter on which. there are ratchet teeth #355, see also Fig. 2. Pivotaily mounted. on the frame construction as is a lever 452: on one end of which there is a cam roll 154: and a. coil spring 457:? is arranged to rotateqthislever in a clockwise direction, Fig. 2, and thereby urge the cam roll toward engagement with the peripheral surface of acam 65 6, carried. by the main; drive shaft 52, see Fig. 19-. On the oppo-- site end of this. lever there: is pivotally mounted apawl 669 in which there is a pin 452-. and,

" stretched between this pin. another pin on.

the lever 452, is a tension. spring 46 5' which tends to swing the pawl G50, in a clockwise direction and toward engagement. with the ratchet teeth 450' on the bushing #28. Whenthe lever 452; is moved to the position shown in Fig. 2, by the action of the cam 458, the. pawl 45% is held away fromthese ratchet teeth the engagement of the pin. 6,52. with the inclined end 464 of a plate 4E5 which is secured to the, frame construction- HS. I'he earn 458 is so shaped that the lever 4-52 is first. swung in a clockwise direction by the springlfie, and then returned to the position shown in 2: by this cam, each time the main drive shaft rotates through a single revolution. As. the. lever 521 swings. in a clockwise direction, the pin it-2i passes beyond the inclined end @64- of the: plate 465'. so that the pawl is moved into engagement with the; ratchet. teeth. Whenthe. lever isreturned to position. shown in Fig. 2%,. the.

pin rides up over the inclined end of the plate thereby withdrawing the pawl from engagement with the ratchet teeth.

During the operation of the machine, the head 42 on which the operating elements are mounted is swung, about the axis of rotation of the bush ings 429, see line x-r, Fig. 6, for the purpose of bringing the operating surfaces of the wipers 33, 38 into substantial parallelism with those pertions of the shoe bottom engaged by these wipers. Referring to Fig. l the axis of rotation of the bushings 4253, indicated by the cross it, extends across the bottom surface of the insole I of the shoe S substantially in the location where the roller 4?; makes contact with the insole. When the conical portions $28 of the roller 4 engage the overlaid. lasting margin M of the upper of the shoe, as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 10, and the roller '35, elevated until the shaft #53 is against the upper end. of the slot 435, see broken iine po-- sition in 10, contacts the insole between the inner edges of the margin of the upper, see g. 4, the operating surfaces of the wipers 38, 38, w. contact the upper at the opposite sides shoe in centered relation to the axi Fig. 10, will be in the desired parallelism with the bottom of the shoe. As will be seen l, the bottom of the shoe has a lengthwise co tour which is generally in the shape of a cocurve, which, viewed with the shoe upside down, slopes upwardly from the breastline to the portion, the steepness of this slope being ro" tionalto the height of the heel. 66 is so adjusted, relatively to the block threading it in or out of the block, that with the shoe supported on the cradle, by means of the heel pin 56 and the toe rest a line between. the breastline and ball portion of the shoe will be substantially parallel to the, direction of 1novement of the carriage 32, relatively to the table Referring to Fig. 1, there is secured to the head 42 a forwardly extending arm Alt to which there is connected a link 312. This link is provided with an elongated slot 376 which receives a headed pin 415, mounted on the table 35, Fig. 3. The length of this link and the slot therein are such that with the table held down by the latch H25, the head 32 is swung forwardly to the position shown in Fig. 1. Thus, when the table is released and permitted to rise, under the action of the spring I24. so that the roller 46 is brought into contact with the insole, adjacent to the breastline of the shoe, due to the forward inclination of the head 32, the roller M will be elevated somewhat above the overlaid lasting margin M of the upper. However, immediately upon the starting of the machine, the rise of the earn 658 will pass beyond the roll Q54 and the head 42 will be rocked, in a counterclockwise direction, see arcuate arrow Fig. 10, by the action of the lever 352, pawl 56% and spring 656, Fig. 2, until the roller A l is brought into engagement with the overla-sted margin of the upper, thereby leveling the operating surfaces of the wipers with respect to the shoe bottom. The spring 156 is relatively light and is not strong enough to cause the shoe to be displaced downwardly, against the resistance of spring I24, Fig. 2, by the pressure exerted on the shoe by the roller at. As the main drive shaft completes a revolution, the cam 453 again engages the cam roll 454 and returns the lever -t52 and pawl 468 to the position shown in Fig. 2. Referring to Fig. 21, a feeding increment of the carriage 32 is effected during the first 180 of each revolution of the main ill drive shaft 5@ and the cam 458 is so arranged on this shaft that the leveling action, just described, occurs before, or at least when, the feeding movement of the carriage is completed and the lever 52 and pawl 46B are returned to the positions shown in Fig. 2 while the slide is stationary and during the next rotation of the drive shaft.

As will be explained below, means are provided for locking the head .2 against rotation about the axis .r-:c during the second half of each revolution of the drive shaft and while the wipers or tacking devices are being operated. Because of the manner in which the shoe is supported on the toe rest 59 and heel pin 56, the bottom of the shoe will slope downwardly and then upwardly, with respect to the direction of feed or" the shoe. Thus, during the first several feeding increments of the shoe, which occur in the direction of the straight arrow in Fig. 10, the insole I may slope downwardly, away from the roller 46, in such a way that this roller will tend to drop down from the position in which it is shown in Fig. 10. If this occurs, the

upward pressure exerted by the bottom of the shoe on the roller 4 3, through the action of the spring E24, will first swing the head about axis :cx in a clockwise direction, oppositely to the arcuate arrow in Fig. 10, until the roller 46 is elevated to the position shown in Fig. 10, after which the pawl 35% will become effective, through the action of spring 456 to swing the head reversely, in the direction of the arcuate arrow, Fig. 10, to level the wipers. Accordingly, each time the shoe is fed along, the head 412 will be automatically swung to a position where the wipers are leveled with respect to the bottom of the shoe, as a result of the action of the spring 55S and pawl 450.

The plate 38 extends rearwardly beyond the bushing 429, to which it is secured, and over a friction block are, that is secured to the side of the frame construction d8, Fig. 9. Pivotally mounted on a bracket 432, which is attached to the frame by screws M34, is a bell-crank lever 636 one of the arms of which is rounded off, adjacent to the plate 438. A rod 633 is connected to the other arm of this bell-crank lever and mounted on this rod is a pin 99. Stretched between this pin and another pin in the frame 48 is a coil spring Q92 which tends to move the rod to the right, Fig. 9, and thus cause the rounded arm of the bell-crank lever to pinch the plate 438 againstthe friction block 289, thereby locking the head 42 against rotation. The rod 438 passes through a bore 492, formed in a block @9 3 which is secured to a lever 96 and, beyond this block, a collar 488 is fastened to the rod. As will appear below, the lever 698 is associated with the wiper-operating mechanism and is moved to the position shown in Fig. 9 during that part of each operating cycle when the shoe is being fed along. When this arm is in this position, the block 491i engages the collar 493 and withdraws the rounded arm of the bell-crank her 502, Fig. 7. These cylindrical members are slidably received in bores 5-64, formed in each of the bushings 425, see Fig. 2, and clamped to a portion of reduced diameter 505, on the outer end of each of the cylindrical members 502 is a collar 508. An L-shaped arm 518 is connected to each of these collars by means of a screw 512 which passes through a slot 5% in the arm and is threaded into the collar. These arms are each connected to one of a pair of intermeshing gears 516 which are journaied on the rear side of the plate M8 by means of studs 516, Fig. 5. Stretched between these arms is a tension spring 526 which exerts a force tending to pull these arms toward each other and thereby move the edge gages inwardly into engagement with the opposite sides of a shoe, supported on the cradle 30. Before the machine is started, such movement of the arms 510 and edge gages 36 is prevented by the engagement of notches 521, formed in the opposite ends of a latch bar 522 with pins 524, 5-26 carried by the gears 5i6, Figs. 5 and 1-0. This locking bar is guided for vertical movement on the rear side of the plate did, by means including a guide pin 5'28 and slot 53%], Fig. 10, and has a rearwardly extending portion 532 to which there is adjustably connected by means of a screw 53d, a link 536. This link is joined, by a pin-and-slot connection, to one end of a lever 533. which extends through, and is pivotally mounted between, the bifurcated lower ends of the bracket 432, by means of a pin an. The other end of this lever extends over the roller 46 and is urged in a clockwise direction, to hold the latch bar 522 in the elevated position in which it is shown in Fig. 5, and in engagement with the pins 524, 526 by means of a spring 542, the opposite ends of which rest on screws 544 threaded into the plate 418.

When a shoe is loaded onto the cradle 30 and moved upwardly into engagement with the roller 46, this roller will be elevated to the broken-line position shown in Fig. 10, as already explained. As a result of the elevation of this roller, the lever 538 will be swung in a counter-clockwise direction thereby pulling the latch bar 522 downwardly and disengaging its notched ends from the pins 524, 526. The edge gages will now be moved inwardly, by the arms 5H) and spring 520 and, since the gears 516 are intermeshed, the extent of inward movement of these edge gages will be equalized. As explained above, the heel end of the shoe, adjacent to the breastline, will have been accurately centered, by the operator and also by the action of the V-shaped abutment 316, when held in place on the cradle 30 as a result of the downward force exerted on the bottom of the shoe by the rollers 44, 46 and by the cramping.

action of the v-sh'aped abutment 316, or to cause the edge gages to mark the upper. During each of the feeding movements of the slide 32, the edge gages will be held yieldingly against the opposite sides of the shoe by the spring 520 and if the ball portion of the shoe had been properly centered, so that the longitudinal median line of its bottom, between breastline and ball portion, is parallel to the direction of feed, such yielding contact between the edge gages and the opposite l8 sides of the shoe will be maintained as the lasting operation proceeds from breastline to ball portion. Otherwise, the sorewand-slot connection between the arms 5'10" and the collars 502 will permit a repositioning of one or the other of the edge gages, in a manner that will presently appear. h

The edge gages are locked against movement after each feeding movement of the slide is completed, to serve as abutment means for limiting the inward movement of the wipers and tacking devices. Referring to Fig. 3-, the frame construction 48, adjacent to the inner portions of each bushing 420, is slotted at 550. Slidable in each one of these slots, on guide pins 552, is a locking plate 554 which is provided with teeth 556, adapted to engage similar teeth cut on the cylindrical portion 502 of the edge gages, Fig. 7, one of these locking plates appearing in Fig. 2; Each of these plates has an arcuate lower edge 558 which rides on a correspondingly shaped surface 559' formed on one end of a lever 566. These two levers are pivotally supported on the frame and carry cam rolls 562. Coil springs 563, one of which appears in Fig. 2, are arranged to swing these levers in a direction to hold the cam ro'lls 562 in contact with a pair of similarly shaped cams 564, secured to the main drive shaft 55, Fig. 19. Each of these cams has a drop portion 566, Fig. 2, which allows thesprings 563 to swing the levers in a direction to engage the locking plates 554 with the teeth 55'! on the edge gages. Referring to Fig. 21, it will be seen that the dropportions of these cams are so arranged that the edge gages are locked during a portion of the second half of each revolution of the main drive shaft 50.

After the machine has come to a stop and when the table 34 is returned to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the edge gages are automatically withdrawn and latched in open position by the latch bar 522. Referring to Fig. 3, one end of lever 510, which is pivotally mounted on the lower side of a stud 512, carried by the frame 4-8, is connected to the collar 5H8, at the right 'hand side of the machine, Figs; 3 and 4. On its other end, this lever carries a cam roll 514 which, as shown in Fig. 12, is adapted to be engaged a cam track 516, formed on a cam 5'18. This cam is rotatably mounted on a bearing bushing 158d, pressed into the side of the frame 48, and on a hub portion 582, formed on the pulley 52, through which the main drive shaft 50' extends. Slidiabie in this cam. is a plunger 584 in which there is pin 58 6. Interpos'ed between this pin and the bottom of a hole 568' is a compression springj59'0 which tends to urge the plunger 584, to the right in Fig. 12 and into the path of travel of a head 592, formed on one of the rivets 254. Movement of the plunger in this direction, however, is at times prevented bythe engagement of the inclin'ed end 594 of a lever 596 with an oppositely inclined surface 598' formed in that side of the plunger 5184 that extends across an annular groove 60!! in the cam 51B; Figs. 12" and 1.3. The

lever 5 96 is fast .on the outer end of ashaft. .602 which 'is journaled in .a boss 604, on the frame construction 48, and clamped to the inner end of this shaft is an upwardly extending L ship'ejd arm 60B. Pivoted on thelowcr end of this arm is ,a finger 668 having a downwardly extending end 609 which is in line with a rod 610 that is slidable in-a boss 612 on the frame. A leaf spring 61 4 secured to the end of the Shaft 602-, bears against the end- 608 on the finger 608. Secured to the lever 518 is a downwardly extending arm 6| 6, Fig. 13, the lower end of which rests in a notch 6|8 cut in the right-hand end of the rod 618. Fastened to the rearwardly extending arm 86 of the table 34, by means of a screw 628, is an L-shaped bracket 622 which is in alinement with the L-shaped arm 686 and provided with a notch 624.

When the edge gages are released, as a result of the engagement of the bottom of the shoe with the roller 46, and moved inwardly by the spring 528, the lever 518 will be rocked in such a way that the roll 574 thereon is shifted to the right, Fig. 12, from the solid line to the dotted line position. Because of this movement of the lever 518, the rod 6|8 will be moved to the right by the engagement of the arm 6|6 with the right-hand end of the notch H8. The leaf spring 614 can now swing the finger 688 in a counterclockwise direction and far enough to insert its end between the end of the L-shaped arm 686 and the end of the L-shaped bracket 622, see Fig. 13. After the completion of the operation of the machine and upon the return of the table 34 to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the arm 686 will be rotated in a clockwise direction, against the resistance of a coil spring 626, by the action of the bracket 622, finger 688 and arm 686, thereby withdrawing its inclined end 594 from engagement with the plunger 584 and permitting this plunger to be moved into line with the head 582 by spring 598. The cam 518 accordingly will be rotated by the pulley 52 and the edge gages withdrawn sufficiently to let the latch bar 522 again engage the pins 524, 526, Fig. 5, by the action of the cam track 516 on the roller 514. As the edge gages are thus returned to latched position, the arm 616 will shift the rod BIO to the left, Fig. 12, thereby rotating the finger 688 in a clockwise direction, against the resistance of leaf spring 6l4,

until its end is in register with the notch 624 on the bracket 622. The spring 626 will now return the lever 596 to the position shown in Fig. 13 and the plunger 584 will be withdrawn from the head 592, by the action of the inclined end 594 of this lever on the inclined surface 598 of the plunger, thereby bringing the cam 518 to rest after it has made a single revolution.

The wipers 38, 38 are each pivotally mounted,

by means of a pin 638, on a slide 632, Figs. 4 and 7. These slides are T-shaped in cross section and are slidable in correspondingly shaped passages in the bushing 420, one of the slides appearing in Fig. 2. Secured to each of these slides is a collar 634 and a spring-pressed plunger 636, mounted in an edge gage 36, bears against each of these collars. Each of the slides 632 has a shoulder 638 and the spring-pressed plunger holds this shoulder in contact with the collar 588 on one of the edge'gages, Figs. 5 and '7, so that the operating surface of the wiper 38 is urged into contact with the ledge 588 of the edge gage by a compression spring 648, Fig. '7. The slides 632 extend outwardly, from the opposite sides of the frame construction 48, for some distance and beyond the collars 634 these slides are provided with oppositely facing ratchet teeth 642, 644, Fig. 8. Adjacent to these ratchet teeth, the slides are cut away to provide guidesurfaces for blocks 646, 646 one of which appears in Fig. 1. In each of these blocks there are mounted pawls 648, 658 adapted to cooperate, respectively, with the ratchet teeth 642, 644, Fig. 8. These pawls carry pins 652, 654 and springs 656, 658 are arranged to swing these pawls toward engagement with the ratchet teeth 642, 644. The DlOCk 646 which is on the left-hand side of the machine as viewed in Fig. 3 is connected to one end of the lever 496, previously mentioned, see Fig. 9, while the other block 646 is connected to one end of a lever 618, Figs. 3 and 4. The lever 678 is pivotally mounted on the stud 5'12, Fig. 3, and carries a cam roll 612 which rides in a cam groove 614 on the cam 248 while the lever 496 is pivoted on another stud 616, mounted on the frame 48, and carries a cam roller 618 which rides in a cam groove 688, formed in a cam 682, Fig. 3. The cam 682 is pinned to the main drive shaft 58, similarly to the cam 248, and the cam grooves 614 and 668 are so shaped that, during each revolution of the main drive shaft 58, the blocks 646, 646 are moved toward the sides of the frame construction 48 and then returned to the positions shown in Fig. 3.

When these blocks are in the retracted positions in which they are shown in Fig, 3, the pawls 648, 658 are held away from the ratchet teeth 642, 644 by the engagement of the pins 652, 654 with surfaces 684, 686 formed on the outer end of arms 688, 688 which extend outwardly over the blocks from the frame construction 48, Fig. 3. At their inner ends, the surfaces 684, 686 are inclined toward each other to form camming surfaces 698, 692. As the blocks 646, 646 start to move toward the frame 48, the pins 652, 654 soon ride down the camming surfaces 688, 692 thereby permitting the pawls 648, 658 to be moved into engagement with the ratchet teeth 642, 644 and, as the blocks continue to move, the slides 632, 632 will be carried along with the blocks, the pawls 658, 658 slipping over the ratchet teeth 644, Now, when the blocks are moved in the opposite direction, the pawls 658 will engage the ratchet teeth 644 and the slides 632 will be withdrawn until the pins 654, in the pawls 658, ride up the camming surfaces 692, thereby withdrawing these pawls from engagement with the ratchet teeth 644. Thus, regardless of where the slides 632 are positioned, when picked up by the pawls 648, these slides will be moved inwardly a predetermined distance, as provided by the throw of the cam tracks 614, 688, and then returned to their starting positions, each time the main drive shaft 5 makes a single revolution.

When the edge gages 66, 36 are moved into engagement with the opposite sides of a shoe, by the arms 5H] and spring 528, upon the tripping of the latch bar 522, the wipers 36, 88 and wiper slides 632, 632 will be carried inwardly with the edge gages as a result of the engagement of collars 588, 588 with the shoulders 638, 638 on the wiper slides. At this time, and also during each feeding movement of the carriage 32, the blocks 646, 646 will be withdrawn to positions in which the pawls 648, 658 are held away from the ratchet teeth 642, 644, see Fig. 8, so that the wipers and wiper slides are free to follow the inward and outward movements of the'edge gages as these edge gages are urged inwardly into engagement with the marginal edges of the opposite sides of the shoe by the spring 528; the wiper slides each being held in a predetermined position, relatively to its associated edge gage, by the action of a spring-- pressed plunger 636, Fig. 8, which holds the collar 588 on the edge gage in contact with the shoulder 638 on the wiper slide. During the second half of each revolution of the main drive shaft 58, the wipers are moved inwardly, relatively to the edge gages, see Fig. 4, thereby bringing the operating surfaces of the wipers into engagement with the margin of the upper, and then returned to their accept-so.

starting: positions, such relative; movement between. the wipers and. the edge gages being permitted by the spring pre'ssed pl'ungersfi36.

As suggested above, because of the equalizing action of the intermeshed gears 51-6, 5H1, as the lasting. operation progresses towardthe ballportion, one or the other of the edge gages may not be held in contact with the edge of the shoe,.if the longitudinal median line of the shoe bottom, between breastline' and ball portion, is not exactl'y in alinem'ent with the direction of movement of the slide 32, or because of d-ifierences in the edge contour on the opposite side of the shoe bottom. When such. condition exists, however, this edge gage will be brought into contact with theedge of the shoe, during the initial movement of its associated: wiper slide. It will be recalled that the arms 5-11 are connected to the collars 508 by means of screws 51 2 and slots 5M, Fig. 8. Hence, when the wiper slides start to move in- Wardlmieither one of the edge gages which is. not in contact with the shoe will be carried along, as permitted by the lost motion between the screw 512 and slot 5H1 in the arm 5H1, with the wiper slide, through the action of the spring-pressed plunger 6-36, until it is brought into engagement with the edge of the shoe and the pressure exerted by the edge gages on the shoe equalized. Also, the shoe may be displaced laterally by the pressure exerted; on it by the other edge gage, through the action of its associated plunger 63.5, thereby facilitating. this equalizing action of the edge gages, such lateral movement of the :shoe being permitted by rotation of its heel end on the heel pin 66 and sliding of its forepart on the toe: rest 60. Shortly after this equalizing action occurs, the edge gages are locked against movement by the action of cams'564 and locking plates 554-, see Fig. 21. Thereafter, the wipers 3B, 38 are each moved inwardly, relatively to the edge gages, by the continued movement of the wiper slides, to perform their wiping actions, see Fig. 4, such inward movement of the wipers being of the same extent, as determined by the throw of cams 2'41) and 6-8-2 except as such movements may be effected by the slight lost motion required to cause the posite sides of the shoe. When the wipers thus:

move inwardly over the bottom of the shoe, 'the' lasting margin of the upper, at each side of the shoe, is wiped in over, and pressed firmly-against, the shoe bottom, as the wipers yield upwardly against the resistance of springs 640 Fig. 8.

Each of the tacking devices-40 comprises a tack nozzle 100 secured to a head in: which extends downwardly from a cylinder 1 04:, Fig. 17. Mounted in this cylinder is a piston 166 having a piston rod 198 which passes up through a bore H0 in the upper end of the cylinder. Secured to this piston rod is a driver H2 which extends downwardly through the piston rod, piston in cylinder and into a driver passage 1M formed in the head 102. A coil spring H6, surrounding. this driver and seated at its opposite ends in the piston rod and. head, tends to hold the piston and driver elevated, with the piston resting against'a shoulder H8 formed in the cylinder. Intersecting the driver passageis a tack feeding'pa'ssageway 1 20 to which there is connected a tack tube 122. Each tack nozzle is provided with a pair of tack retaining fingers 124 adapted to holda tack t in the position shown in Fig. '17. Threaded on the upper end of the piston rod is a stopabutment 7-25 for limiting the downward movement of the piston and driven Each of the cylinders 1'04 is clampeditoanarm 1'26. which is pivotally mounted. on a stud 128; carried by an upwardly extending part of the plate 4l8, .Fig. 4. Pivoted on a. bracket 130-, socured to the lower end of each cylinder, is'astop finger 132 which. carries an abutment screw 13! and compression spring 7. 36. The screw and spring are in engagement, respectivelywith': wedge surfaces i318, M0 formed on. a wedge block .142, Fig. 17. The blocks T42 are each formed on. the lower end of a rod 744 which in turn, is connected, by means: of a link 145, to an arm 1 4 6, pivotally mounted onone of the arms 12.6, Figs. 3 and. 4. Therods "I44- extend up through. holes in thezarms 12.6 and carry stop pins T41. Connected to each of the arms 746 is a. link M8 provided with a slot throughwhich there extends a pin 1'52, carried by the .plate MB. A loop spring 154, connected to the arms 126-, 125 tends to swing the cylinders about the studs 728 in directions to separate the tack nozzles to the extent permitted by the. en gagementof the stop fingers 132,132 with the inner ends of the two bushings 420, 626, Fig.. 3-. With the tacking devices in these positions,v springs 156, 156., Fig. 3, pull the rods 1M1, 3:44 downwardly to the extent permitted by the=engagement of the stop pins 141 with the upper surfaces of the arms 126.

Thetack nozzles H70- are directly in linewith the wipers 38 and are adapted to be received. within grooves formed on the inner ends of. these wipers, Figs. 4 and 7. Located in eachoif' these grooves is a spring-pressed plunger 16.2, Fig. 7. During the inward movements of wiper slides and wipers with the edge gages- 36;, the tack nozzles are picked up by these springpressed plunger-s and carried along by the wipers, thereby causing the cylinders 104 and arms 126* to pivot about the studs 128. Asa result of such. pivotal movement of these arms, the links vM8 are first moved downwardly, until the upper ends of the slots 15E) approach contact with the pins 152. During continued swinging movement of the arms 1-26., as a result of the further move,- ment of the tack nozzles, by the wipers, the arms M6 will be rotated, relatively to the arms 126 in a direction to pull the rods 144 and wedge blocks 142 upwardly. As the wedge blocks are thus moved upwardly the stop fingers 132 will be rotated on their supporting brackets 130, no. These fingers extend downwardly beyond shoulders 164., formed on the outer edges of the edgegage wipers 500, Fig. I, and when the wipers are moved inwardly, relatively to the edge gages,

, these fingers come into engagement with these shoulders, thereby limiting the extent of inward movement of the tack nozzles by the springpressed plungers 7-6-2. The greater the amount of inward movement imparted to the edge gages, when they are brought in against the opposite sides of the shoe, the more closely will the upperend of the slots 15!) approach the pins 152 and,

accordinglg, the greater will be the extent of upward movementrof the wedge blocks 1-42,, dur--' ing the subsequentinward movement of the tack strike the shoulders 1154 on the "edge gage wipers 500. Accordingly, these stop fingers will "be po-' 

